Jehad Alammadi sent me an e-mail a few days ago saying
he had found a pair of breeding Eurasian Hoopoes in Bahrain. The birds were
nesting in a hole in a wall and had five chicks in the nest. Eurasian Hoopoe
has not been recorded breeding in Bahrain as far as I am aware since before
1985 (Jennings breeding birds of Arabia atlas). Jehad mentioned the first
picture shows the male Eurasian Hoopoe fetching an insect for the female with
the second photo showing the female Eurasian Hoopoe waiting for the male and
the last one of the chicks in the nest hole. The pictures were taken on 3 and 8
May 2015. I thank Jehad for sending me the details and allowing me to use them
on my website.
